Juli Martinez serves as the Executive Director of Hope Community Collective, a non-profit organization serving the Pine Belt. She founded the organization alongside her husband, David Martinez, and board of directors in 2019. She is passionate about seeing life-change in those who simply need a helping hand. The collective operates family programs that provide wrap-around services for families in need.Juli also serves as the Administrative Pastor of Vida Hattiesburg, a church community she and her husband established in 2012. Her biggest and best accomplishment is being mama to the 3 cutest kids in the world, and one giant mutt named Ben. She loves Hattiesburg, loves to garden and makes a mean gumbo.